Gou writes entries in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 156
Ji Ying's men's seemingly life-threatening tactics had a huge impact on Chun Yuqiong's troops.

The spears stabbed and struck vertically and horizontally, killing Chunyu Qiong's soldiers until they were tired of parrying.

Ji Ying's [-] elite individual soldiers have a higher combat quality than Chunyu Qiong's soldiers.
For a moment, an abnormal scene suddenly appeared on the martial arts field.

Five hundred soldiers fought against 1000 people, and with every wave of attacks, many of Chunyu Qiong's soldiers were stabbed and fell to the ground.

The soldiers who were shot had to follow some rules. Ji Ying's soldiers had their gun heads wrapped in cloth. The stabbing would not kill the person, and they would not even lose their mobility.

But they also know that if the other party hadn't done this, I'm afraid they would have been killed on the spot.

Therefore, the fallen soldiers voluntarily retreated to the sidelines and no longer participated in the battle.

After all, this is just a competition.

On the other hand, Ji Ying's soldiers, although they only attack and rarely defend, their vital points are well protected by the alloy steel armor on their bodies.

The lightweight steel armor did not affect their performance at all.

A quarter of an hour later, only a dozen soldiers on Ji Ying's side had withdrawn from the battlefield with minor injuries, while less than half of Chunyu Qiong's side had already withdrawn.

"stop!"

Yuan Shao on the stage couldn't stand it anymore. The opponent's weapons were not lethal, but he could still achieve such a battle damage ratio.
At this moment, Yuan Shao felt that Ji Ying's madness had its own reasons.

His tone became gentler.

The alloy steel armor that was originally disdainful in his eyes has become valuable.

"The King of Huaiyang said he would give me five thousand sets of this kind of armor, do you really mean it?"

Ji Ying replied: "I have brought all five thousand sets of alloy steel armor. I just asked the brothers to demonstrate to Mr. Yuan. I just wanted to prove to Mr. Yuan that my lord is sincere. There is no other intention."

"Okay, His Highness the King of Huaiyang is so generous."

Yuan Shao saw the power of this alloy steel armor with his own eyes and finally smiled.

He is also someone who has been on the battlefield for decades, and he clearly saw the exchange just now.

Although the combat effectiveness of Ji Ying's 500 men is not low, compared with Chunyu Qiong's personal guards, they are only in the middle.

Being able to defeat more with less and achieve a crushing advantage is entirely dependent on the light and hard full body armor.

With these five thousand sets of armor, Yuan Shao is confident that he can build an elite ace team in a short time.
Against Cao Cao's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, it was totally worth it.

"Go back and report to the King of Huaiyang that our army will move south from Liyang in the near future and march directly to Yanzhou, so that he can seize the opportunity and work together to inflict heavy damage on Cao Cao."

Ji Ying was overjoyed and said, "Mr. Yuan is very righteous. Before Ji Ying came, my lord had already told me that if Gong Yuan can defeat Cao Cao's troops in Yanzhou and Qingzhou, my lord will give Gong Yuan another five thousand sets of alloy steel armor."

Yuan Shao clapped his hands and stood up and said: "That's very good, haha, thank King Huaiyang for me."

. . .

Outside Xuchang City,

Liu Xuan's army has been attacking Xuchang for seven consecutive days, attacking from time to time every day, day and night.

After several days of offensive and defensive battles, the east wall of Xuchang has some signs of damage.

However, the coalition forces of Cao Cao and Liu Bei were determined to defend Xuchang, and Liu Xuan made no progress for a while.

But behind Liu Xuan's army, Cao Cao's Yanzhou soldiers, led by Cao Hong, had already rushed ten miles east of Xuchang City.

Cao Hong was riding on a war horse holding a broadsword, and behind him were [-] soldiers and horses gathered from various counties in Yanzhou.

The scouts from the front are back,
"Report, General, Liu Xuan's army is ten miles ahead, but there are defenders stationed on the official road five miles away."

Cao Hong was not surprised and just said calmly: "How many people are there in the defenders and what is their configuration?"

The scout said: "There are about 3000 defenders, including [-] heavy infantry and [-] heavy cavalry. The commander is Zhao Yun."

Cao Hong frowned, "Liu Xuan is so arrogant. Only 3000 people dare to block my way."

"Send the order, the 8000 people in the vanguard will speed up. After encountering the enemy, they will launch a charge directly. I will personally lead the army to catch up. If there are no accidents, we will touch Liu Xuan's rear army tonight."

The [-] forward troops, including [-] cavalry and [-] infantry, accelerated and moved quickly, and the formation suddenly became somewhat scattered.

However, the forward general didn't care. Eight thousand versus three thousand, and there were [-] troops from the rear arriving soon, so there was no need to be too cautious.

When the army saw Zhao Yun's troops from a distance, the forward generals raised their swords and led the charge without any formation.

"Brothers, go ahead!"

Zhao Yun also saw the incoming enemy here, and the Thousand Iron Pagodas behind him had already been lined up and ready to attack.

Originally, Zhao Yun wanted to see what formation the opponent was charging with so that he could make targeted arrangements.
Unexpectedly, the opponent was extremely arrogant and rushed over without any formation.

"court death."

Zhao Yun said lightly, and waved the silver gentian spear forward,
"Array of sharp arrows, kill!"

The war horse, which was armed to its hooves, let out a high-pitched neigh, and rushed out carrying Zhao Yun on its back.

On both sides of him were Zhao Yun's lieutenants, the young men of Zhaojiazhuang who had joined Liu Xuan with Zhao Yun.

They are all long spears, and their marksmanship is also trained by Zhao Yun.

The head of the front arrow formation is composed of the most powerful combat forces.

The remaining Tiefutu warriors moved back one after another, forming an arrow-shaped formation as a whole.

And Zhao Yun is the sharpest arrow.

The armored war horses galloped, and the horses' hooves made a dull sound on the ground.
The warriors on horseback were all wearing silver steel armor, shining brightly in the sunlight.
The momentum exuded by these thousand iron pagodas was countless times more powerful than the momentum of Cao Hong's 8000 pioneers.

Zhao Yun's body was slightly bent, lying on the horse's back. Unparalleled murderous intent burst out from his eyes behind the shield.

He never forgot that all the five hundred tiefutu who set out from Chilechuan with him were sacrificed in the battle with Cao's army along the way.

Then use Cao Jun in front of you to comfort the spirits of your brothers in heaven.

"kill!"

Zhao Yun suddenly shouted loudly, and the war horse under his crotch seemed to have a telepathic connection. At the same time, he burst out with a strong force and rushed towards the vanguard general on the opposite side.

The spear shoots out like a dragon, as fast as lightning, and as powerful as a thousand pieces.

Zhao Yun's gentian bright silver spear pointed directly at the chest of the vanguard general with an indomitable momentum.

Although the general was horrified, he still waved his sword to fight.

It's just that Zhao Yun's marksmanship has been passed down from the master of guns. A seemingly ordinary shot, with its skillful force and tricky angle, is not something that the opposing vanguard general can see through.

I saw the silver spear thrust straight forward, and when it met the vanguard general's parrying broadsword, it only shook slightly and swung the deputy general's sword aside.

The door in front of the vanguard general was wide open, but Zhao Yun's spear did not stop at all. With the huge inertia of the horse's sprint, the tip of the spear easily pierced the opponent's armor.

The sharp spear head emerged from the back of the vanguard general.

With one move, Zhao Yun killed Cao Hong's vanguard general. With the force of his sprint, Zhao Yun swung his gun and threw the body of the vanguard general toward the cavalry in front.

The cavalryman neither dared to cut with his sword, nor could he turn his horse temporarily.
He could only watch as the corpse of the vanguard general smashed his horse off his horse.

"Brothers, kill them for me."

Zhao Yun gained the upper hand with one blow, and the charging momentum of the war horse under his crotch was also fully activated. With a thousand iron pagodas behind him, he rushed directly into the opponent's formation with a devastating force.

Just like hot molten iron poured into the snow, Cao Jun's chaotic and dense soldiers melted quickly as the iron pagoda rushed in.

At that time, rows of soldiers were assassinated by Tiefu Tu's thick spears,

The infantry behind were even more helpless.
The steel-armored war horses rushed past Cao Jun's soldiers without any scruples, trampling the bodies of countless soldiers under the horses' hooves.

The rumble of horse hooves, accompanied by the sound of gold and iron clashing, and the screams of soldiers, resounded throughout the plains of Yuzhou.

Although Zhao Yun only has a thousand iron pagodas, on a flat terrain like Yuzhou,
Nothing can stop the charge of Iron Buddha.

Blood splattered and wailing sounds continued behind him,
Zhao Yun didn't know how many people he killed. Finally, there was an empty space in front of him. It turned out that he had already killed them.

Looking back, the ground was covered with the corpses of Cao Jun, and a piece of Cao Jun's 8000-man forward formation was missing from the middle.

It was the death zone washed out by the Iron Buddha.

"Run..."

Among Cao Jun, I don’t know who took the lead to scream, and then quickly triggered a chain reaction. The remaining soldiers of Cao Jun were frightened by the violence of Iron Buddha.

They all turned around and fled back in the direction they came from.

Zhao Yun was obviously not satisfied with the killing. He pointed his spear at the rebels and said, "Pursue and cover up."

The Thousand Iron Pagodas immediately divided into two groups and chased the deserters on both sides.

Cao Hong's lungs exploded when he saw that only [-] of the [-] forward troops had fled back in a hurry.
I originally thought it was a crushing round, but I didn't expect to be crushed. A mere thousand heavy cavalry would almost wipe out his eight thousand forward troops.

Cao Hong had to put away his carelessness, put the remaining [-] troops into a defensive formation, and slowly advanced towards Xuchang.

At the same time, Cao Ren's troops in Xiapi had also left Xiapi and headed south towards Huaiyin.

It’s just that Cao Ren’s opponent is Zhao Liniang.

A female hero who was mentioned as having unlimited potential by Liu Xuan.

Cao Ren gathered [-] troops to attack Huaiyin. When he learned that the defender of Huaiyin was just a woman, Cao Ren no longer marched cautiously.

In his opinion, it was normal for Liu Xuan's army to be out on an expedition and to prepare for attacks from so many directions, so that it would be short of major generals.
The women have all gone to war, and Liu Xuan is not far from collapse.

However, after a few days, Cao Ren could no longer relax.

There was no other reason. Zhao Liniang's silence made Cao Ren miserable within a few days.

Along the way, Zhao Liniang completely figured out the marching route of Cao Ren's army.
What Cao Ren faced next was endless formations and mechanisms.

He didn't know where Zhao Liniang, a mere girl, learned all kinds of formations and mechanism techniques.

When encountering a mountain road, chaos will break through the sky and fireballs will rage.
When encountering waterways, floods will occur, bridges will be broken, and boats will sink.

Even in places without mountains or water, they would fall into ambushes set by Liu Xuanjun from time to time.

There are also various ecstasy formations, poisonous miasma formations, Five Elements and Four Symbols formations and other strange formations.

Zhao Liniang led Liu Xuan's army to always launch ambushes in unexpected places.

Moreover, it was all such insidious tricks, but it happened that Cao Ren's army was only beaten and had no power to fight back.

When Cao Ren's [-]-strong army finally reached the outside of Huaiyin City,

Counting the number of people, it turned out that more than 1 people had been lost.

However, there are more than 2 defenders in Huaiyin City alone, and outside Huaiyin City, Zhao Liniang has already led [-] soldiers to set up pocket formations.

When Cao Ren's [-] exhausted soldiers arrived at Huaiyin City,
The pocket formation immediately closed up, and Liu Xuan's soldiers came from all directions like a tide.
There are also various steam chariots, armored legions and other things that have never been seen before.
Thirty thousand Cao Cao's troops were baptized with various weapons, and the remaining 1 people fled back to Xiapi in embarrassment.
From the beginning to the end, the city of Huaiyin was not even touched.

When the news reached Liu Xuan's military camp in Xuchang, Liu Xuan, who was a little worried at first, couldn't help laughing and said,
"Even I don't dare to underestimate Liniang. Cao Ren attacks so recklessly. He really doesn't know how to live or die."

The crisis in Huaiyin has been resolved. Zhao Yun's 3000 men at the rear of the large army blocked Cao Hong's attack of 2 men. Not only did they not take a step back,
Instead, they sent out Iron Buddha Tu many times to attack the formation and achieved good results. Cao Hong was forced to put down his horse-rejection formation and continued to be in a stalemate with Zhao Yun's 3000 troops.

The smile on Jia Xu's face also returned and he said to Liu Xuan,
"Lord, our army won a great victory in Huaiyin, and Yanzhou's troops were also held back. According to Guangling Ji Ying's report, Yuan Shao has agreed to send troops to Yanzhou. Perhaps Cao's army can be mobilized in the next day or two."

"Although we are still evenly matched with Cao and Liu's coalition forces on the Xuchang battlefield, Cao Cao must have insufficient troops on other battlefields."

"Once Yuan Shao breaks through Yanzhou, Xuzhou's remaining soldiers will definitely go to Yanzhou to defend the enemy. This is our opportunity."

Liu Xuan's expression changed, "Mr. Wenhe, do you mean that we can take the opportunity to capture Xuzhou?"

Jia Xu nodded and said: "Why not? Xiapi is only two hundred miles away from Huaiyin. Zhao Liniang's performance in the battle at Huaiyin was unexpected. Our soldiers in Huaiyin suffered almost no losses."

"My lord only needs to send one general to Huaiyin and lead the Huaiyin army to march north. Then Xuzhou can be conquered in one battle."

"Wonderful!" Liu Xuan clapped his hands and laughed, "There are [-] new soldiers stationed in Yangzhou, so there is no need to worry about safety. The [-] defenders in Huaiyin can open up a new battlefield."

Liu Xuan had made up his mind and said to Lu Bu behind him: "Fengxian, you were originally the lord of Xuzhou. When Cao Cao and Liu Bei joined forces to attack the city, you had no choice but to lose. Now, it is time to get back what you lost from Cao Cao. .”

When Lu Bu heard this, his eyes turned red and he was deeply moved.

This is Liu Xuan giving him a chance to regain his dignity. Lu Bu was defeated in the battle at Xiapi, betrayed by his subordinates, and was captured by mistake.

Downstairs at Baimen, Lu Bu asked Liu Bei for help, but Liu Bei gave him a cold shoulder. If Liu Xuan had not appeared in time, threatened Cao and Liu with force, and rescued him, he would have been dead.

Thinking of this, Lu Bu fell to the ground and said to Liu Xuan,

"Don't worry, my lord, Lu Bu will definitely bring Xuzhou back for my lord."

In the autumn of 203 AD, Liu Xuan led an army of [-] to conquer Xuchang, and faced off with Cao Cao and Liu Bei's coalition forces in Xuchang for more than a month.

At the same time, Yuan Shao's [-]-strong army invaded Baima from Liyang and pushed straight into the hinterland of Yanzhou.

Cao Cao had no choice but to order Cao Hong's troops, who were angry at Liu Xuan, to return to Yanzhou to aid Yanzhou, and then ordered the fast horses to go to the Hetao Plain, so that the troops besieging Jincheng could withdraw from the grassland and return to aid Xuchang.

Lu Bu led Huaiyin's [-] troops north to Xuzhou and surrounded Xiapi.

When the Chen family of the Xiapi family heard that Lu Bu had returned to Xuzhou, they planned to open the city gate overnight to welcome Lu Bu into the city. Cao Ren fled to Qingzhou in a hurry.

Lu Bu issued the Huaiyang King's surrender order in Xiapi. For a time, all counties in Xuzhou turned their backs and Liu Xuan occupied Xuzhou.

(End of this chapter)